He struggles with the sense that there is “no structure” to his days: “In most professions you can identify progress.
Maybe he would come back and settle down with his girlfriend, the young woman he called “the one.”But when Chen learned that Itay was believed to be dead, his frame of mind shifted.
It was the night he and his wife learned that their daughter, Liat Beinin Atzili, was free after more than 50 days in captivity.
The day after Liat returned home to Israel, the Beinins learned that her husband — Yehuda’s son-in-law — was dead.
“We both rejoiced and grieved, practically the same day,” Beinin said.
Persons:
”, Katherine Shear, ” Shear, Chen, Itay, Ruby Chen, “, ” Greg Kahn, NBC News Yehuda Beinin, Liat Beinin, Joe Biden, Liat, — Yehuda’s, —, Aviv Atzili, Nir Oz, Aviv, ” Beinin
Organizations:
Center, Columbia University, “, NBC News
Locations:
Israel, Aviv